Welcome to week 13 on the NFL Talkboard. Here's hoping it will prove a little less brutal than week 12 – when no less than five people failed to pick a single game correctly. Only two of our nearly 200 players last week got all six right, so please get out your finest stemware to toast the achievements of onestepforward and NorthernWhippet.

This week's live blog will be Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens (4.25pm ET/9.25pm GMT), hosted by Hunter Felt, so here's hoping you will also join us for that. For now, here are this week's Pick Six games:

Indianapolis Colts @ Detroit Lions (Sunday 1pm ET/6pm GMT)

At 4-7, it is hard to envisage a path back into playoff contention for the Lions – who just keep on losing close games. The Colts, by contrast, keep on winning them and at 7-4 are in pole position for an AFC wildcard berth. But with a mediocre secondary which matches up poorly against Calvin Johnson et al, plus a horrible record of turning over the ball on the road (16 of the Colts' 21 giveaways have come away from Lucas Oil Stadium), they still go into this game as underdogs in the eyes of the Las Vegas bookies. And I'm leaning the same way.

Lions to win

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Denver Broncos (Sunday 4.05pm ET/9.05pm GMT)

The Broncos seek to extend their winning sequence to seven consecutive games – a run not achieved since 1998, when John Elway led them to a second Super Bowl in as many years. But Denver are coming off an unconvincing 17-9 win over lowly Kansas City and the Bucs were considered one of the league's form teams prior to a one-point defeat to Atlanta last week. They are playing for their playoff lives and with Doug Martin and Josh Freeman on song they have the potential to hang tough in a shoot-out. But a suspension to starting cornerback Eric Wright does no favours to what was already the worst pass defense in the league.

Broncos to win

Cleveland Browns @ Oakland Raiders (Sunday 4.25pm ET/9.25pm GMT)

Something has to give in this battle between 3-8 teams, with Oakland having lost four games straight and the Browns without a win in 11 road outings. Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden has been cleared to play after leaving last week's win over Pittsburgh with a concussion, while the Oakland running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson have both been back in practice. Cleveland have played well lately, hanging in games and playing good teams close. The Raiders have been getting blown out. The Browns' road record troubles me, but…

Browns to win

Cincinnati Bengals @ San Diego Chargers (Sunday 4.25pm ET/9.25pm GMT)

Is there a more consistently disappointing team in the NFL than the San Diego Chargers? This will surely be one of the final acts of the Norv Turner era. The Bengals are back on song, though the statistic which shows that they have won their last three games by an average of 21.3 points should be taken with a pinch of salt; two of those games were against the Chiefs and Raiders. The Chargers have lost six of seven, but last week lost to the Ravens in overtime only after Ray Rice's absurd fourth-and-29 conversion for Baltimore. There is still plenty of quality in this team, but I simply cannot get behind it. Bengals to win

And the rest

Here are the rest of this week's games. These are not included in the Pick Six, but feel free to post your picks for these as well. If you do so then please keep them separate from your Pick Six predictions, as it will make life a lot easier when tallying up your scores.